I receive a lot of job offers/interview requests on LinkedIn. My profile clearly indicates that I do not wish to receive these requests. And as much as you may hate Facebook, at least on here random people can't contact me if I don't want them to. On LinkedIn, pretty much anyone can contact me so long as they make the "category" somehthing I want to hear about.
This came Friday, below that is my response.
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I know your mother told you never to run with scissors - everyone's mother did - but you've done it anyway, haven't you? You've ignored that sage wisdom and taken leave of your senses due to what you probably thought at the time was a dire need to get something done with extreme brevity. Did you at least grab the pointy end to prevent you from stabbing someone as you ran around that corner?
Of course, this post isn't a rant on safety in the kindergarten class...
I often get asked computer questions by friends and family... whether or not the question is actual in my field of discipline makes no difference to these people's expectations. As such, I try to find the answer even if I don't know it right away. One question that I do know the answer to (and have been asked many times) is: "What is binary?"
To answer the question, lets first look at the name: "binary." As the prefix of the word suggests it basically...
You are not your programming language. You are not the web stack you've learned. You are not your text editor you write your code in.
I was reading a post by Dave Newman the other day (yes, so were 46,840 of you) and he ended with the quote above. As I start to look for my next opportunity, I'm reminded that I didn't start with the tool set I have now, and I certainly won't end with it.
When I began working on the web there weren't nearly as many...
I wouldn't call myself an extrovert. Other people have - and do - but I think my outgoing nature only extends to certain areas of my life. I work from home, and I do so each day with only the company of my dog (who plays out in the yard most of the day) and my wife's cat (yes hers, not mine). You might be thinking “I can see how that would be lonely”, but I don't. I like working alone, I like not having a tribe.
You see, my trouble with tribes is that often it leads to...